My view is that ooRexx should be honourably able to get away with this: with numeric digits 1, you have to first code something like the understandable numeric digits 2 before using numeric digits 18
the code numeric digits 1 numeric digits 2 numeric digits 18 say 2/3 yields 0.666666666666666667 On Mon, 9 Nov 2020 at 20:47, WalterPachl via Oorexx-devel < oorexx-devel@lists.sourceforge.net> wrote: > Regina begs to differ :-) > > Parse Version v > Say v > numeric digits 1 > numeric digits 18 > say digits() > > Z:\HM>regina 18 > REXX-Regina_3.9.1(MT) 5.00 5 Apr 2015 > 18 > > Z:\HM>rexx 18 > REXX-ooRexx_4.2.0(MT)_64-bit 6.04 22 Feb 2014 > 4 *-* numeric digits 18 > Error 26 running Z:\HM\18.rex line 4: Invalid whole number > Error 26.5: DIGITS value must be a positive whole number; found "18" > > Erich Steinböck <erich.steinbo...@gmail.com> hat am 9. November 2020 um > 10:35 geschrieben: > > This one stunned me! > > ~~~ > numeric digits 1 > numeric digits 18 > -- Error 26.5: DIGITS value must be a positive whole number; found "18". > ~~~ > _______________________________________________ > Oorexx-devel mailing list > Oorexx-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/oorexx-devel > > > _______________________________________________ > Oorexx-devel mailing list > Oorexx-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/oorexx-devel >
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